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Message: <blockquote data-quote="eamon" data-source="post: 5005553" data-attributes="member: 51942">That clause is for subsequent rounds.  In the first round, you cannot challenge a new target; but the rules apply to each round:  and on subsequent rounds you do have the option to continue engaging your current target or to challenge a new target (which in turn you must engage).Without the "or challenge a new target" clause, the rules specify a penalty if you fail to engage; they specify that the power ends when you challenge a different target - but they don't (clearly) specify that the penalty is avoided by when you challenge a new target.I've advocated before on the 4e errata forum that this way of putting things is confusing and hard to grasp, but with the current set-up that clause is necessary for at least some semblance of clarity.If it said that, then you would need to engage the current target of the power.  Using the power on another target would not release you from this requirement - at least not clearly.  If they'd additionally noted something to the extent of "until the challenge has ended", it'd be sufficiently clear, and it would intuitively work the way you expect when overwritten by another mark or whatnot.The consequences of one usage of a power can clearly impact a later usage of that power.  However, these consequences are an explicit part of the text that is evaluated for every single usage of the power.  Each usage of the power can be interpreted solely within the context of the current game situation.  So, for instance, in your example with an additional bonus for CA, the line  "You receive an additional +2 to hit with this power if you have Combat Advantage" does not modify the power itself, it modifies the current usage.  Just because you have CA now, for this usage, doesn't mean the power gains a +2bonus - just that single usage.  When you use the power again next turn you don't get a +2 to hit some other target you don't have CA against.Similarly for divine challenge.  Yes, the text is much more confusing, but that shouldn't distract from the fact that any given usage is to be read solely within the context of the game as it is at the moment that that usage is performed.  So when the game says that on your turn you must do something related to the target of divine challenge (impose a -2 penalty, smack em with radiant if they violate the mark, - oh, and engage or challenge someone else), you need to do that thing for any given usage of the power.Every target gets the -2; every target gets radiant damage if they violate your mark; every target forces you to engage it or challenge someone else.</blockquote>

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